The structure of the Notre Dame Cathedral has been saved from a massive fire that had threatened to gut the 800-year-old beloved landmark.
PARIS – The structure of the Notre Dame Cathedral has been saved from a massive fire that had threatened to gut the 800-year-old beloved landmark, fire officials said late Monday.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a tweet that historically significant artifacts and sacred items were saved from the fire. It was a dramatic shift from earlier in the day when officials predicted the structure would burn to the ground. The fire burned for hours, virtually unabated despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters. The flames raced on as darkness fell.
"A special mission has been launched to try to save all works of art that can be saved," Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy to the mayor of Paris, said on French TV.Jake Winberry, of New York, said he was heartened by strangers hugging and openly comforting each other as the blaze raged nearby, a scene that evoked memories of 9/11."Tragedy brings people closer together," said Winberry, who is studying abroad in Paris.
The renovation project was part of an effort to save the deteriorating building. Weather and pollution have taken their toll on the stone structure.
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